Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-11

~ bels today the proposition YES de-
- "a ~, win so0roprista thanks, the exec
80 ,oram'te deciding to meet again in
- Antonio next Monday end outline
~ no}i,v Of making canvass among
-. ~, ~,sro7ers CT the association. Presi
-. c-o5tar8 on being approached said
~. 49, the remaining Sl45. 600 to be sub
-,..sas by the cattlemen would undoubt-
~: ~; ~ f5r.acoming within sixty or riDety
avs
Notes.
T,m Al s-eRs' genial face has been
r,le- a loud for several days on account
sosiufu. illness.
s. Crothers ana n. W. Mann recent
h, shipped from Henrietta to Chicago viz
r. chicago, Darlington and Qaincy Rail
nd train load Of beeyeS. From Han
r-sI 10 Chicago the IuQ was made in
-reva bonrs-exCellent time, Gnd the
c,tls cot 10 market in O X. shape. The
rrolbers cattle netted S27.G0 per head,
With Which price the owner was well sat-
..i.d,
Cjl3nel Z. Saeehap, formerly CT this
cy, now 8 prosperous sheepman CT
S,urry county, Is in town. He says that
while 8 good many flock masters
were unable 20 stand the adj
verse storms that depressed
he business so long those who did hang
OF are seeing the dawn Of more pros
Terous era. The Colonel quotes good
wethers ST 3 per head. He has some
;ol he2d Of improved sheep on his place
sni clipped TINS season Gr average Of
aavan pounds Per head, which he sold al
satisfactory price.
"Wil spsying dairy cows make them
PERPETUAL mixers" asked the rustler of
81 experienced stOckmsn yesterday.
"N3. knowing l hesitate to express az
0piniOn,n was the answer. 81 am aware
| lis. the claim hiss been PIT forward, and
might have that effect on some cows,
,lt 2m frank TO say that do not put
4 nCce faith in its utility. At aly rate,
Tsnt more light or the subject before I'd
be wiling to put the plan in execution
h among ny cows. SpayiDg female cattle
fer oeei proposes however, is great sue
cess ,snd is being extensively praCticed sll
ever the beef growing sections of the
vest. These sp.Yed cattle take on flesh
Bp,G.g, 89d are marketed to good ad-
vantage Some stockmen are reserying
ol-7 ;5sir choicest heifers for breeding
purposes aud using the spaying knife on
e. others"
/ andy CrotherS SUD Luther Clark, two
! ever Cstt!emen from Greer coun-
\ are II the city. Both agree
h "a S27icg that Greer was never
5 Dry IN al It's past IS II is now, and
rs. unless raiu comes soon tle cattle
lvn Will De 2 hard fix. Slid Mr.
| .Otlers: "The extreme hot weather and
Iolta has made the grass as dry SIS
| 99W1eT and abou. as infammable, and
a!ealy we are confronted with
/ serious danger in the burning
liz OF wide strips of range.
c.aIIe Tres have been sweeping all over
u.stf county foT some weeks past, and
.a'teineu are getting alarmed over the
4 ~ aICUuul VI Luc uuotLliSG
e"leTship OF the county the free grass
:s'en Is in vogue, and for that reason
IS already overstocked. There
e 100 many caltlemen, if the
aase WsS first class, instead of being
\. .a'sl out, and if the grass that is left is
Vs oUrnt up, don't see what owners
"" 10. How do the fires originate:
o.'oasn carelessness mostly. A party of
.,yspscIoTs or Immigrants on leaving
...' camp will fail to remove the fire
80 "a. Ley cooked dinner with, and after they
S. 80 lae winds will blow some Of the
c" ,a,s out on the dry prairie, and it will
1,.- lie as easily as sticking torch to
CO.. -! S'sch Cd settlers and experienced
s 1IgeFS viii dig hole and bury the last
49, Snd chunk Of fire. because they
r ~" now easily the flames can get
~ @-'e0 out on the plains, and what
wrought thereby. AS
a. I1e home-seekers Gre concerned,
N h.! sle welcome in Greer. The cattle
A. ~ moi seek TO exclude them, for no
b. n. as any title, but these people ought
~ ~ POUCH up any more land than they
ss,.s 1se, and should above all thugs be
@'ou. setlng fire to the range"